1952 Duluth Dukes Statistics

Northern League (NL) - Class: C
Team Record: 63-59
Finished 4th in the NL
Manager: Jim Trew (0-0), Ken Blackman (0-0)
Location: Duluth, Minnesota
Ballpark: Wade Stadium
Attendance: 62,907, Avg. 1,031

1952 Duluth Dukes Roster

Playoffs - Sioux Falls Canaries 2 games, Duluth Dukes 1

The Duluth Dukes of the Northern League ended the 1952 season with a record of 63 wins and 59 losses, finishing fourth in the NL.

The Dukes scored 693 runs and conceded 638 runs. Joe Caffie led all regular hitters with a .342 average. Edwin Staab topped Duluth with 16 wins, while Norman Johnson registered a 3.16 earned run average, best among regularly-used pitchers.

Joe Caffie played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Duluth Dukes to do so.

Jim Trew and Ken Blackman served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Edwin Staab	16	5	.762	3.63	26						186.0	181	102	75	18	69
Vern Belt	14	8	.636	3.73	32						188.0	202	103	78	7	95
Norman Johnson	12	12	.500	3.16	31						202.0	174	100	71	7	136
Ed Anderson	7	11	.389	5.09	29						115.0	123	87	65	4	83
Jim Snow	6	5	.545	3.76	27						103.0	87	58	43	10	75
Arthur Kenyon	1	4	.200	4.11	11						46.0	50	37	21	5	17
Fred Brcak					11						0.0
Nick Garcia					11						0.0
Totals	56	45	.554	3.78	178	0	0	0	0	0	840.0	817	487	353	51	475	0	0	0	0	0	0

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Joe Caffie	120	500	500		171	34	18	10						.342	.342	.542	.884	271
Richard Newberry	122	488	488		150	21	15	2						.307	.307	.424	.732	207
Dick Getter	122	445	445		140	30	6	13						.315	.315	.497	.811	221
Edward Vallone	118	461	461		128	24	4	0						.278	.278	.347	.625	160
John Gierek	80	287	287		91	20	5	5						.317	.317	.474	.791	136
Duane Zimmer	117	396	396		85	20	3	2						.215	.215	.295	.510	117
Bernie Gerl	43	140	140		38	6	2	2						.271	.271	.386	.657	54
Glenn Gostick	49	117	117		23	2	0	0						.197	.197	.214	.410	25
Edwin Staab	38	79	79		22	2	0	2						.278	.278	.380	.658	30
Ronald Cole	26	96	96		18	2	0	0						.188	.188	.208	.396	20
Carlton Nebel	24	72	72		17	1	0	1						.236	.236	.292	.528	21
Dean Larison	18	53	53		16	1	1	0						.302	.302	.358	.660	19
Jim Trew	19	76	76		16	6	0	0						.211	.211	.289	.500	22
Robert Coon	18	70	70		12	2	0	0						.171	.171	.200	.371	14
Lowell Lay	16	40	40		9	3	0	0						.225	.225	.300	.525	12
Vern Belt	33	64	64		7	1	0	0						.109	.109	.125	.234	8
Norman Johnson	31	67	67		6	0	2	0						.090	.090	.149	.239	10
Jim Snow	27	34	34		5	0	0	0						.147	.147	.147	.294	5
Ed Anderson	29	38	38		4	0	0	0						.105	.105	.105	.211	4
Fred Brcak	14	14	14		3	0	0	0						.214	.214	.214	.429	3
Nick Garcia	11	9	9		1	0	0	0						.111	.111	.111	.222	1
Arthur Kenyon	11	13	13		1	0	0	0						.077	.077	.077	.154	1
Totals	1086	3559	3559	0	963	175	56	37	0	0	0	0	0	.271	.271	.382	.653	1361	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Vern Belt	P	32					.000
Norman Johnson	P	31					.000
Ed Anderson	P	29					.000
Jim Snow	P	27					.000
Edwin Staab	P	26					.000
Arthur Kenyon	P	11					.000
Nick Garcia	P	11					.000
Fred Brcak	P	11					.000
Totals		178	0	0	0	0	.000

Average attendance is based upon the number of actual home dates where known (most leagues from 1992 and later). Where the number of home dates is not known, the average is calculated using half the team's total games.

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